Owning your own home

How do you determine who a boundary fence belongs to and who should pay to fix it?

If you're very, very lucky and you have access to the original conveyance/transfer of your property, it might say who has responsibility for party structures or the plan might have 'T' marks on the boundaries showing who is responsible for replacing it.

If you don't, and the fence is supported by posts or struts on only side (rather than posts with panels slotted into them), there is a presumption that it belongs to the owner on the side with the posts on it.

The best way to determine who owns the fence is to sue you next door neighbour, spend bazillions of pound on lawyers, and then at the end of that process you will know for sure. The alternative, which I can't recommend, is to wait until it needs replacing, then have a polite chat with the neighbour and agree to split the costs 50/50.